{"id":12672,"date":"2023-06-28T00:33:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=328029"},"modified":"2023-06-28T00:33:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:03:33","slug":"official-mateo-kovacic-signs-for-manchester-city-in-a-four-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/official-mateo-kovacic-signs-for-manchester-city-in-a-four-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Mateo Kovacic signs for Manchester City in a four-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City has secured the signing of Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic from Chelsea FC. The talented playmaker has done a four-year deal with the English Premier League champions of 2022\/23 season. The transfer fee agreed upon between the two clubs amounts to a reported \u20ac30 million, highlighting Manchester City\u2019s determination to bolster their squad ahead of the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Mateo Kovacic\u2019s arrival at Manchester City is set to provide an added dimension to the club\u2019s already formidable midfield. Known for his exceptional technical skills and ability to dictate the tempo of a game, the Croatian international\u2019s inclusion is expected to enhance City\u2019s creative options in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n<p>Having joined Chelsea from Real Madrid in 2018, Kovacic quickly established himself as a key figure in the Blues\u2019 midfield. Under the guidance of manager Thomas Tuchel, he played a vital role in their UEFA Champions League triumph in the 2020-2021 season. Known for his impressive ball retention and incisive passing, Kovacic\u2019s performances helped Chelsea\u2019s midfield and contributed to their success in both domestic and European competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mateo Kovacic has joined Manchester City from Chelsea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":34931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[312,220,3661],"class_list":["post-12672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-chelsea","tag-manchester-city-f-c","tag-mateo-kovacic"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}